garish

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In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Watching the show felt like thumbing through TikTok, assaulted by walls of sound, garish ads and the occasional familiar face.

From Salon • Jan. 13, 2026

Now Britons are growing exasperated with a decorator whose tastes run to the intellectual equivalent of avocado-colored appliances and garish shag carpeting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

He wasn’t wearing staid mercher black any longer, but garish striped trousers and a maroon paisley vest.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo